Book Signing
Saturday, August 25, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Town Center Plaza221 Plaza Dr.Wildwood, MO 63040(636) 458-0440
Free and open to the public
Signing will be during the Celebrate Wildwood event.

Presentation and Book Signing
Saturday, November 3, from 1 to 3 p.m.
Maplewood Public Library7550 Lohmeyer Ave.Maplewood, MO 63143
(314) 781-2174
Free and open to the public
This event is part of library’s celebration of National Novel Writing Month. As part of presentation about the book, Jim will spend some time talking about the writing process. He will be available to sign his books.

For more than 50 years, when people thought of St. Louis, they’ve thought of the Gateway Arch. Now, with the completion of a $380 million renovation project, there’s new interest in the city’s world famous riverfront icon. St. Louis author and journalist Jim Merkel discusses everything that’s new at the riverfront in a reworked version of a book he wrote about the Arch in 2014. It’s called The Making of an Icon: The Dreamers, The Schemers, and The Hard Hats Who Built The Gateway Arch, 2nd Edition.